Hay and grain derrick and carrier



(No Model.)

T. B. ELLIOTT. RAY AND GRAIN DRRRIGK AND GARRIRR.

No. 314,321. Patented Mar. 24, 1885.

4UNITEI) STATES PATENT OFFICE...

THOMAS I3. ELLIOTT, OF KFMFER, ILLINOIS.

HA'Y AND GRAIN DERRICK AND CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Leners Parent m1314321, dared March 24, 1885.

Application iled January 3, 1585. (No model.)

To all whom it may con/cern,.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS B. ELLIOTT, of Kemper, Jersey county, Illinois, have made a new and useful Improvement in Hayand Grain Derricks and Carriers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The improvement relates, mainly, to that form of hay and grain derricks and carriers in which the carrier is suspended from a rope stretched between two uprights.

The annexed drawings, making part of this specification, illustrate the improvement.

Figure lis a view in perspective thereof. Fig. 2 is a side view of the swivel. Fig. Bis a side elevationof one of the pins used in holding the upright in position. Fig. 4 is a side view .of the device used in fastening a rope end.

. section on the line 9 9 of Fig. 8.

The same letters oi reference denote thc same parts. f

A A' represent the two uprights which support the rope B from which the carrier C is suspended. The upright at its base is held in place by the pins D D, which are driven through the rings a a (upon the upright) into the ground E, and at its top the upright is held 4by the tie F, which is generally a rope, and which-say by means of the hook f engaging in the hook a' upon the upright-is connected with the upper end of the upright, and leads thence to the pin G, the tie being connected with the pin by means of its hook f' engaging with the chain g of the pin. The pin G is driven into the ground, and it in turn is more eifectually secured in Vthe ground and so as to better withstand the strain of the tie F, by means of the pin H, which is driven into the ground in rear of the'pin G, and to which it is attached by means of the tie h, which leads from the pin H to the pinl G, and connecting therewith preferablyat a point above that at which the chain g is connected with the pin G.

.The various ends of the ropes B F F are conveniently fastened by means ol the devicel, Figs. 4 and 5. The rope end b, after passing through the eye of the hook f, is carried back upon the main part b' of the rope, and isV clamped thereto by means of the device l, which is essentially a clamp consisting of the frame fi, slotted in its sides at t" i', to receive the cross-bar il, and which crossbar is adapt` ed to be forced against the rope end and son in opposite directions) the frame 72, and the handbar ji'. The frame consists,mai nly,of the side bars, j* j, and the cross-barsj5 j. The cross-bars engage, respectively, with the rods jj', and the hand-bar is attached to the side bars,j4 j. By means ofthe hand-bar the-frame j2 can be turned upon the rods ,j j', and the rods therebydrawn together or opened apart from each other. To steady the inner ends of the rods j j' as they are worked into the frame, additional cross-bars 7" y", not threaded, may be attached loosely to the rods and side bars, j4 j.

The uprights A A may be supplied with the brace @which is useful in supporting the upright as it is being set up and taken down. A ladder, of', leading upward therein, may also be embodied in the upright.

K represents the traveler, which is adapted to be moved forward and backward upon the rope B,between the uprights A A', andwhich, with the rope L, is the means for suspending the carrier C from the rope B. The rope B passes upward around suitable sheaves,b, upon the upright A, andthence around the sheave k of the traveler K, thence around the sheave e of the carrier, thence around the sheave k of the traveler, thence around a sheave, b', on the upright A', and thence to a traveler, M, which, by means of the sheaves m m, Figs. S, 9, is adapted to travel upward and downward upon the tie F. The traveler M carries a weight, M', or is otherwise made suiciently heavy to It consist-s, substantially, ofA the two threaded rodsj j', (whose threads run IOO cause the rope L to draw the traveler K and the carrier C toward the upright A whenever the end Z of the rope L is loosened-that is, the weighted traveler M serves to move the carrier in one direction, and by drawing the end Z of the rope L the carrier is moved in the opposite direction. When the carrier moves toward the upright A', the traveler M moves downward on the tie F, and when the carrier moves toward the upright A the traveler M moves upward on the tie F. The traveler M is preferably made of the two side bars, m' m', the sheaves m m, and the sheaVe-shafts m2 m2. The weight M is conveniently attached to the traveler by means of the double hook m3.

The carrier C consists, mainly, of the frame c and the can vas c2, and, generally considered, the carrier is similar to the carrier shown in a pending application for Letters Patent. The peculiarity of the present carrier consists in providing the eyes d* c3 of the canvas a2 with a roller, c, Fig. 7, by means of which the decaching-hook c5 can be more readily unhooked from the eyes ci c, The detacliing-hook is operated byV means of the rope c, and it is adapted to be tilted on the bcaringrc.

I claimn 1. The combination of the uprights A A', the ties F F, the rope B, the pins G G, and the pins H H, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the pin G, the pin H, and the tie h, as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination ofthe end b, the part b',

the hook-eye, and the clamp I, consisting of 35 the frame t', the cross-bar i2, and the screw i, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the threaded rods jj', the frarnejz, and the hand-barjf, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the swivel J, the

pins G G, the ties F F, the rope B, and the o uprights A A', substantially as described.

6. The upright A, having the ladder a3 en1- bodied in it, substantially as described.

7. The combination of the uprights A A', the pins G G, the rope B, the ties F F, the rope L, thel carrier C, and the weighted traveler M, substantially as described.

8. The combination of the upright A', the v W'itnesses:

C. D. MooDY, JOHN RoBINGs. 

